Barbell Collars and Bar Pads

Start by matching the collar to your bar. Olympic bars take 50mm collars, such as the Olympic lock collars in several colours, LivePro press lock collars, magnetic alloy collars or basic 50mm spring collars. Spring collars are cheap and quick. Lock collars clamp tighter and are faster to take off between sets. Pump bars are thinner, so use the 25mm, 28mm or 30mm snap lock collars.

A bar pad spreads the bar across your shoulders for squats or across your hips for hip thrusts. There are squat pads with a neoprene, leather or nylon cover, Lara Star hip thrust pads in four colours, the Harbinger hip thrust bar pad and a pad for a 25mm bar.